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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Book Words

After the reading at the public library in Khlong San, Teacher Somsak on the book's words and the mouth's: you read the book's word for so like the news; the book writes it that way; the book says one word, the mouth says another; the book's way or the mouth's; read the book's way, tell the mouth's way; so the circle reads one, tells one; tell one? give me two weeks; ask for two, come in one week: the book's words beside the street's.

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THE STORY

The reading circle at the public library in Khlong San after the reading, the book closed, Teacher Somsak across the table and Khun Wan at the desk: Jack is polite with both, with the particle; Khun Wan says the woman's particle; Teacher Somsak speaks to Jack plainly, as a teacher to a pupil.

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คุณ อ่าน จึง เหมือน อ่าน ข่าว.khun àan jueng mǔean àan khàao.You read the book's word for so like the news.
หนังสือ เขียน แบบ นั้น ครับ.nǎng-sǔue khǐan bàaep nán khráp.The book writes it that way.
หนังสือ ว่า จึง, ปาก ว่า ก็ เลย.nǎng-sǔue wâa jueng, pàak wâa kâw loei.The book says one word for so; the mouth says another.
แบบ หนังสือ หรือ แบบ ปาก ครับ?bàaep nǎng-sǔue rǔue bàaep pàak khráp?The book's way, or the mouth's?
อ่าน แบบ หนังสือ, เล่า แบบ ปาก.àan bàaep nǎng-sǔue, lâo bàaep pàak.Read the book's way. Tell the mouth's way.
ชมรม เลย อ่าน หนึ่ง, เล่า หนึ่ง ค่ะ.chom-rom loei àan nùeng, lâo nùeng khâ.So the circle reads one, and tells one.
เล่า เหรอ ครับ? ขอ สอง อาทิตย์.lâo rǒe khráp? khǎaw sǎawng aa-thít.Tell one? Give me two weeks.
ขอ สอง, มา อาทิตย์ เดียว ค่ะ.khǎaw sǎawng, maa aa-thít diao khâ.Ask for two, come in one week.